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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

Appreciation...

I'd start with people like David Mullen, who has donated his time to the cause of helping young and interested enthusiasts understand just about anything they can think of. Imagine having a trained professional that will answer each of your questions... wow. Only here. I can't thank David enough...
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I think David Mullen is about the best contributor any forum could ask for. Not to massage him too much :)

But, having someone of such immense knowledge, willingness to share, and level-headed demeanor is a rare feat in the internet world.

Thanks for being so generous with your time.
 
Congratulations Brent and Kelly!

Thank you to the Red team for allowing us to see behind the curtain. And thanks especially to all of those on the forum who take the time to answer questions. There is nothing I value more than truth and information. I am grateful and will always feel loyal to this company and the likes of David Mullen for that reason.
 
Without you Jim , no one would have done what you started. No one will even get close.
You took all the risk and you found a incredibly good team to pull it off.

I think a lot of people can take it as an example how to do it.
 
The Red One inspired me to go back to Graduate school in 2010 (BEST DECISION EVER!) so I could learn firsthand how to utilize the camera of the future and it motivated me to invest money into an editing machine designed around Red.

Now I'm ready to purchase my first Red camera :cheers2:

I look forward to meeting you guys at NAB!!!
 
Red has cultivated a great sense of community: as a company (and as a group of people), they deserve a lot credit for doing that. And of course, they deserve a little bit of credit for making incredible products.

But I'd just like to say that I think they could go a lot further:
- We really should get two free Epics for every Red One we purchased
- It only seems fair that we each get $1M in free financing for our first Epic film
- I don't understand why we haven't all been invited to Jim's island in Fiji yet

The more generosity that Red shows, the more our sense of entitlement grows - big thanks to Jim and the rest of Red for putting up with us! Epic launch party in Fiji at least? I'm just sayin'...

Best,
Tim
 
Reduser is truly a community, with a RED.com at its center. This is a community that is central to many of our lives, as many of us spend as much time in conversation with other redusers as we do with people offline. That Reduser is such a rewarding place for discussion and education is directly attributable to the generosity and passion of Jim, Jarred, RED team and all the aforementioned invaluable contributors such as Jeff, and David. Someone I think who also deserves a big thank you for stellar posts is Alexander Ibrahim.

Congrats Kelly and Brent!
 
Looks like I'm a little late to this thread... but I definitely want to put my two cents in.

I'll always remember going to NAB in 2006 with my brother. We bee-lined it straight to the Red booth. It was Wednesday (I desperately wanted to go on Monday but couldn't get the time off work) and we listened to Fredrick's presentation. I remember some people in the audience chuckling and implying (under their breath) that what was being proposed was not possible. I decided, as all of us here did, to put my faith in the people who were attempting something great, instead of the ones who were all to happy to rain on the parade. And I am so glad that I did!

At first my purchase of Red was as a hobbyist filmmaker aspiring to make something great. Later as the economy collapsed and both mine and my wife's jobs went away forever, our Red literally became the tool to rebuilding our financial lives. We now have a young and growing business thanks to the opportunities afforded us to work on gigs and "cut our teeth" because of this amazing camera.

So as far as the thanks go... Obviously thank you Jim for taking the risk and creating my, and so many other peoples, dream camera! I can't thank you enough! I haven't been able to meet you and shake your hand and tell you that personally, but I hope to someday.

Thanks to Jared and the rest of the Red team for apparently working more than the average person can ever be expected to and making Jim's and our dreams a reality!

Thanks to Gibby for the mentoring and all the knowledge and encouragement you've shared over these past few years.

Thanks to Mark and Aldey at Offhollywood for taking the time a while back to answer my inane production related questions... believe it or not your answers really have helped!

And thank you to this community as a whole for all of the information shared. We sometimes get a bad rap, but I've learned so much here over the past 4 or so years, thanks to all of the professionals that have been generous with the their time and answers.

I hope I can make it out to NAB this year and see you all there!

Cheers!

Omar
 
i love this place. i love this community. i love what RED 'stands for'.

for the 2nd year running, i will be missing NAB. why? because i have to dedicate myself fully to too many RED shows that are starting up in late March, early April.

i've met so many great people through this site, and working RED jobs in general. this company actually changed my life, and gave my passion direction. thanks for that!
 
Jim,
I remember hearing about RED from a very obscure source in 2005/6. When I mentioned RED to people I worked with in the video sales business who prided themselves on being ahead of the curve. They scoffed RED as being vaporware. Then I saw CROSSING THE LINE at your booth. I called my wife and said it was a game changer and we need to figure out a way.

An investor oddly enough had sought me out and been courting me to produce one of my scripts into a feature project for his budding studio. When I told him about RED, what it would mean to the production and that I was putting a line of credit on my house to get one he was all in for the production budget.

The day after I went to the bank and sent my money to RED you put out a post warning of the impending tribulations in the economy and that unless you were making money with your camera it might not be the time to invest. Had you posted that a day earlier I probably wouldn't be writing this now as the mom and pop company I had sold video cameras for sadly became a victim of the economy after 31years in business.

We have just come out of post with our first RED feature that has a production value far greater than I have a right to be blessed with. And whilst I understand that a great cinematographer does not a great camera make; There is no question that shooting on RED brings Hollywood production value with in reach of small independents such as myself.

We certainly are not a high profile endorsement but for those of us down here at this level, early adoption was a leap of faith that some of us literally bet our houses on. It is we who appreciate what you and your team have done to make high quality digital cinema affordable. We wish you all continued success and look forward to upgrading to the Epic soon for our Hang Gliding narrative feature HANG DOGS , Wish us luck.

Best,
Peter Shanelaris
 
purplered said:
We certainly are not a high profile endorsement but for those of us down here at this level, early adoption was a leap of faith that some of us literally bet our houses on. It is we who appreciate what you and your team have done to make high quality digital cinema affordable.
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Well said Peter, well said indeed...

For me, the most amazing thing that Red has done - even above and beyond all of the technical achievements and the community they have created here - is making it possible for a small indie production company to own and use the exact same cameras that the very biggest and best Hollywood productions are using.

That is truly revolutionary, and no doubt...

Bravo Red, and bravo Peter for making the point so perfectly and personally!

Cheers all,
Dom.
 
As other have already stated, what I really benefited from RED, beside the great camera of course, is the spirit of challenge, no matter what others say..
Keep going.. working.. enjoying.. succeeding.. That's RED's way of doing things.
Thanks to RED and all REDUSERS from whom I learned a lot..
 
I wish I could be there to say HI, but I'll be shooting in China. But i'll be up until all hours if I have the chance to order anything on RED.com.
 
I was there at NAB in 2006 and my first impression was that RED would either fail miserably or succeed beyond anyone's wildest expectations and revolutionize not just indie filmmaking but the filmmaking establishment as a whole. This was before I knew who the CEO was - if I had it would have been obvious it would be the latter.
I regret to this day not having taken the plunge in 2006 when they were taking the $1000 deposits. It wasn't due to my not believing in RED, it was due to my not believing in my own ability to come up with the rest of the payment.
Live and learn.

I'm still not a RED owner, but have worked with RED footage for others and I am a fan.
I'm waiting patiently for the day Scarlet becomes available, and this time I'm going for it.

This company and the community surrounding it is unlike any other. I can't think of another producer of professional film tools where you could post a question on the forum at 2AM and often get answers within minutes - sometimes even from the CEO.
The attitude of "why make something if you're not pushing the envelope?" and "why charge again for a feature already in the camera when you can activate it with free firmware?" is why I'm a fan... well, those and so many other reasons.
Ultimately, the fact the CEO takes the time to thank the community like this is what separates RED from any other camera company - or practically any other company for that matter.

Huge congrats to RED on their continued and well deserved success. Look forward to NAB 2011. Hope to meet many of you guys and shake some hands.
 
I first found out about Red when Jarred brought it up on DVDUser, I think, linking to the placeholder for red.com which had the ***4k still from track***. (Am I remembering that right? LOL) I thought "what overkill!" Well, thanks for proving my shortsightedness wrong and giving me proper perspective, Jim and crew.

The day I found out the company was started by Jim, I was very excited. The kind of excitement I had as a kid whenever Oakley had put out a new handlebar grip. I was a fan of Oakley way before the even had released their first pair of sunglasses, and a fan of Jim's before I ever knew who he was.

Funny how life is. :)

*** To anyone who knows: am correct in assuming the image came from the first day the sensor was out in public in it's "enclosure?" Like from the recent behind-the-scene video Ted posted recently.

Cheers to all involved internally and externally!
 
Well I'm glad to say I've been a believer since day one. It didn't take long to see that here were some people who 'got it'. They saw that the established order had got lazy and complacent and that the technology to shake things up was coming down the line like a freight train.

Its one thing to see the opportunity however and another to execute. What's been truly different about RED has been the opportunity to witness first-hand the pain and joy of giving birth to a whole new class of product - and with it, inspire a whole new bunch of shooters who thought they would never get the opportunity to create such fantastic images.
 
I'm glad to be a part of history that doesn't have to do with war. The RED team has been very friendly and helpful through out our time of having our RED and I can say we will be 'fan-boys" if you will for life. I can't wait for or Epic to come and what ever else is lined up for the future. GO TEAM RED!
Speaking of that... when are you guys going to start a racing team?
 
Corey Culp said:
*** To anyone who knows: am correct in assuming the image came from the first day the sensor was out in public in it's "enclosure?" Like from the recent behind-the-scene video Ted posted recently.
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No, it was just a still from a DSLR to show relative frame size of 4k vs 1080p/720p/SD etc...

That was the first thing to get the "scam" rumour-mill going - everyone on forums was running around saying "It's a hoax, that's just a picture from a DSLR, I checked the metadata" and the like, despite the fact that the website very clearly stated that the image was not from the camera they were developing and was for relative frame size reference only. (EDIT: I should add, in fairness, that there were a fair few people - many of them the big names like Gibby et al - who were backing Red up even then, which along with Jim's involvement started to shift the balance of opinion fairly quickly, at least amongst those with their ears to the ground.)

Oh well... I guess everyone knows what the deal is now!

Cheers,
Dom.
 
Damn, I wish I could make it to NAB, just to say thanks. Yeah, it's sometimes frustrating but always, always rewarding and exciting being a part of this community. Jim and everyone on the RED team - you've already achieved more than anyone had a right to expect. And I have the strong inkling you've only just begun.
 
This all sounds lilke a funeral. Hey guys. Liven it up. No one has died (other than possibly the conpetition).
 
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